Publisher/光と風と神々の世界実行委員会

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A photo collection by Japanese photographer Yasuo Higa, "The World of Light, Wind and Gods." Higa, a representative photographer of postwar Okinawa, was born in the Philippines as the son of immigrants and got a job as a police officer, but when a US military B52 crashed at his workplace and he felt his life was in danger, he quit his job as a police officer and decided to live a life without regrets and pursue photography. He studied photojournalism at a vocational school in Tokyo, and initially took photos to convey the terrible reality of Okinawa, but gradually he distanced himself from photojournalism and began to take photos based on his own perspective of what Okinawans see, feel and think, and began to take photos from an inner perspective. Then, after meeting critic Kenichi Tanigawa in the mid-1970s, he became interested in the "festivals" held on the islands, which express the solemn communion between humans and gods, and he became devoted to creative activities that convey the history, climate and culture of Okinawa. This book is a catalog published on the occasion of a retrospective exhibition held in 2001, and is a book that condenses Higa's thoughts that he wants to convey through Okinawa's rituals.